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# Get live aggregate TVL

> Returns live aggregate Gauntlet TVL composed from indexed Gaia vault data and configured external TVL sources. Source totals are always returned; pass `?include_breakdown=true` for chain and external-source explainability rows.



## OpenAPI

````yaml GET /v1/tvl
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Gauntlet API
  description: Gauntlet vault data and user positions API.
  contact:
    name: Gauntlet
    url: https://gauntlet.xyz
  license:
    name: ''
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.gauntlet.xyz
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: System
    description: Health checks and Prometheus metrics
  - name: TVL
    description: Aggregate live TVL
  - name: Strategies
    description: Curated strategy groupings with aggregate metrics
  - name: Vaults
    description: Vault listings, details, metrics, timeseries
  - name: Users
    description: Per-wallet position state and timeseries
  - name: Prices
    description: Token price lookups and historical timeseries
paths:
  /v1/tvl:
    get:
      tags:
        - TVL
      summary: Get live aggregate TVL
      description: >-
        Returns live aggregate Gauntlet TVL composed from indexed Gaia vault
        data and configured external TVL sources. Source totals are always
        returned; pass `?include_breakdown=true` for chain and external-source
        explainability rows.
      operationId: get_tvl
      parameters:
        - name: include_breakdown
          in: query
          description: Include chain and external-source TVL breakdown rows.
          required: false
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - name: include_sources
          in: query
          description: Deprecated alias for include_breakdown.
          required: false
          schema:
            type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Live aggregate TVL
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TvlResponse'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid auth
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Data source unavailable
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    TvlResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - meta
        - data
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TvlSummary'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/BasicMeta'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response envelope returned on 4xx/5xx
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorBody'
    TvlSummary:
      type: object
      required:
        - tvl
        - updated_at
        - totals
      properties:
        breakdown:
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TvlBreakdown'
        totals:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TvlTotal'
        tvl:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TvlAmount'
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    BasicMeta:
      type: object
      required:
        - request_id
        - refreshed_at
      properties:
        refreshed_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        request_id:
          type: string
    ErrorBody:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code (e.g. `NOT_FOUND`, `UNAUTHORIZED`)
        details: {}
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
    TvlBreakdown:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - label
        - source_id
        - tvl
        - updated_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        label:
          type: string
        source_id:
          type: string
        tvl:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TvlAmount'
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    TvlTotal:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - label
        - tvl
        - updated_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        label:
          type: string
        tvl:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TvlAmount'
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    TvlAmount:
      type: object
      required:
        - usd
      properties:
        usd:
          type: string

````